Having recently wandered more deeply into academic writing on theatre, performance, and communication, I found it helpful to create a separate space for my poetry.
Not everyone wakes up eager to read about Harold Pinter’s strategic use of silence, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s portrayals of power and speech, or the psychological architecture of Willy Loman.
So, I created Iris Lennox.
Here are five poems from my most recent collection, The Desert Series.
I wrote The Desert Series during a recent trip through the high desert, where I spent long stretches hiking, sitting still, paying attention, and taking notes. Over several days, I found myself returning to many of the same things: cactus blooms, ravens, wind, silence, Scripture, stars, and the strange way wild places sharpen both sight and thought.
This summer, I’ll be publishing my first collection of poetry under the name Iris Lennox.
Jill Szoo Wilson 